[pacots]

Just got out of the hospital 2 wks. ago & now I am severly depresses again & a bit thinking I do not want to live anymore. I am the one that was asking for advice on ect treatments, I do believe they are for me because they have tried every pill on me. I am mostly scared of the memory loss which I hear so much about, so I have not made up my mind if I am doing it or not. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

[RunningEagleRuns]

Originally Posted by pacots

Just got out of the hospital 2 wks. ago & now I am severly depresses again & a bit thinking I do not want to live anymore. I am the one that was asking for advice on ect treatments, I do believe they are for me because they have tried every pill on me. I am mostly scared of the memory loss which I hear so much about, so I have not made up my mind if I am doing it or not. Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Since I started taking meds my memory has gotten worse. But it keeps me from being psychotic so... Good luck.

[kaliope]

I have a friend who went thru ECT and yes she lost her memories. we planned a special trip, doing all the things we used to do on our vacations to remind her of the things that she had forgotten. it was a fun time. the memories were slow coming back to her. like there was a time we went on an advanced first aid camp out in the mountains and her car kept dying unless she kept it above a cerain speed. i had a siren whistle and i blew it as she drove the car fast down thru the mountain road. so on our trip, i searched forever but i finally found the darn whistles, and my other friend and i started blowing them as we drove fast down a winding mountain road. we tried to make her come up with the memory of what we were doing. after many clues she was eventually able to fill in the blanks and come up with some stories of the campout. the thing is, my friend had been severly depressed, even psychotic for years and no med worked. some time after the ECT, everything just sorta clicked in place for her. she was able to get off all medication. she got a degree and went from working at best buy to being some successful person at a university giving all kinds of presentations. shes like the head of some department and travels giving lectures and trainings and is now in the process of becoming a minister.

i would advise you, if you are going to go thru with it, to write all the happy stuff down, or have others to remind you of it, so you have those things waiting for you when its done. good luck to you what ever your choice is.........

[amaviena]

I wish I could write thanks for this twice. or three times. There is hope. Sometimes you have to give up things for a little while to get better, but you mostly get them back.

[nicoleb2]

Originally Posted by amaviena

Sometimes you have to give up things for a little while to get better, but you mostly get them back.

I am one of the people who did not get the memory back, no matter how hard people have tried to get them back. The ect was barely helpful, and caused far more pain than positive results.

I would never do it again, I would rather die than do ect again

[amaviena]

Originally Posted by nicoleb2

I am one of the people who did not get the memory back, no matter how hard people have tried to get them back. The ect was barely helpful, and caused far more pain than positive results.

I would never do it again, I would rather die than do ect again

It scares me. I wouldn't do it unless I was out of options.